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Mayor Pond
absent as was Gordon-Payne |
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Because it is summer
Most big issues
wait until after vacations over – but this provides a ‘window’ for public
groups to approach council with concerns that often over looked in busier
times --- so Mt Hays, garbage, Tourist maps, and Acropolis Manor moved into public view and discussion |
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Dave Konsmo and the future of Mt Hayes
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Moving
from the continued dumping of garbage on Wantage Road, even after Kaien Env
Youth Society (KEYS) cleaned it
last April --- to suggesting that access be denied to motorized vehicles
– and then seeing a bright future for mountain as Eco-tourism --- Potential
here but presentation too long and unfocused to gather Councils support –
from a ‘regional park’ to a stakeholder forum – suggested |
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Peggy Davenport and
the Future of Acropolis Manor (1) |
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Believes
tearing down of the old Acropolis Manor ‘and turning it into a parking lot’
is ‘false economics’ and wasteful --- good discussion which I will return to later
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90 Alpine Drive – again |
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Council
had previously
dealt with this but appears a mistake in calculations made --- generated at
least one near by (absentee) property owner to object |
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Orange marks objectors Property |
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Presently
not built upon --- the blue dash mark approximate area of proposed garage – which
as Briglio pointed out could be built to 30feet high if attached to the house
but because not attached must be 12 feet --- almost silly --- note too from
same figure that looks like at least one house encroaches upon the absentee
owners property (??) and the ---- dashed
lines below suggest other properties built beyond their property lines into
City (undeveloped) lane – interesting |
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A matter of
Fairness Why
did CityWest become a Corporation: Mr Doug Jay suggested to me in conversation
that when bought Cable company it went beyond PR boundaries – and thus needed
to be regulated by someone other than the citizens of Prince Rupert ---
example how would a person from Terrace deal with an ‘unfair billing’ etc |
CityWest on hold |
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While
this looked like a straight forward approval – questions from public (me)
were taken up by Joy Thorkelson and
motion was tabled until Gordon Howie back so as to have a broader discussion
of CityWest relation to City and Citizens |
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Vince A objects to Tourism map |
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The
colourful map below given to every cruise ship tourist who wants to walk
around PR – note the color coding w each area having its ‘uniqueness’ either as
cultural , institutional ‘historic downtown etc – it was the latter that
irritated speaker as his business was in green zone and thus appeared to be
of little interest to Tourists |
Not downtown core?
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Briglio had a good evening – providing good analysis of some complex issues |
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Cities
new ‘assistant’/ deputy (??) accountant Isabelle Hansen introduced by acting
mayor Nelson Kinney |
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Some important issues only touched
upon
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I will
return to this meeting later in week to develop some of the ideas suggested
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Created by LG on 25/7/2007
Last updated on Friday, August 10, 2007